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so thoroughly to his nourishment and general well-being 

 that he thrives splendidly, and eventually reaches the 

 goal the Zoological Gardens in Berlin. There he con- 

 tinues to flourish, still in company with his friend the goat. 



When I had fed up my captive and got him into good 

 condition, Sergeant A. D. Merkel, now a colonist at 

 Kilimanjaro, rendered me the great service of allowing 

 my men into one of his cattle-kraals with the little animal, 

 while I myself proceeded to the velt. 



His transport to the coast, too, which had to be effected 

 on foot, was attended with difficulties. At the period 

 of the greatest heat I was obliged often to march beside 

 him during the night, and I owe a bad attack of fever 

 to spending one night in this way upon a very unhealthy 

 section of the caravan route without any mosquito-net. 



Naples we reached all right. Dr. Heck was there 

 to meet us, and had engaged a special waggon from 

 Chiasso. He was highly delighted to welcome the long- 

 desired stranger in so thriving a condition. The officials 

 at the Zoological Gardens at Naples, who were brought 

 to see him by Professor Dohrn, were also Very keenly 

 interested. 



After careful consideration we decided to go on to 

 Germany by sea. The overland journey seemed to us 

 undesirable in January, on account of the climatic con- 

 ditions chiefly, although the Italian authorities, whose 

 good offices had been bespoken for us by Count Lanza, 

 the Italian Ambassador at Berlin, were most friendly and 

 obliging. The passage went off all right, in spite of our 

 going through a mistral, which provided us with the 



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